Cricketers of the year
Five Cricketers of the Year:
SHUBMAN GILL, HASEEB HAMEED, RAVINDRA JADEJA, RISHABH PANT and MOHAMMED SIRAJ
Booth says: “Shubman Gill’s run-making dominated the Anderson–Tendulkar Test series, his tally of 754 the most in a series for India against England. That included a remarkable double of 269 and 161 at Edgbaston, in between hundreds at Headingley and Old Trafford.”
“Haseeb Hameed captained Nottinghamshire to their first Championship in 15 years, and led the charge with 1,258 runs at 66. He carried his bat twice, and converted two of his four hundreds into doubles.”
“Ravindra Jadeja played a crucial role in India’s fightback in England, topping their averages with 516 runs at 86. His six scores of 50 or more included a match-saving century in Manchester.”
“Rishabh Pant’s helter-skelter excellence was one of the summer’s highlights, not least at Headingley, where he made 134 and 118. He added three half-centuries – the last after breaking his foot.”
“Mohammed Siraj took more wickets – 23 – in the England–India Test series, securing a 2–2 draw with a last-ditch five-for at The Oval, including three of England’s final four wickets on a dramatic final morning.”
The Leading Cricketers in the World are MITCHELL STARC AND DEEPTI SHARMA
Booth says: “Mitchell Starc took 55 Test wickets for Australia in 2025 at an average of 17 and a strike-rate of 28. All three figures were career-bests for a calendar year. His haul included a devastating spell of six for nine against West Indies in Jamaica, and he starred in the Ashes, with 31 wickets at just under 20.”
“Deepti Sharma helped inspire India to World Cup glory on home soil, scoring 215 runs at 30 and taking 22 wickets at 20 with her off-spin – an unprecedented double at a World Cup by a man or woman. The final against South Africa was a distillation of her talents: five wickets, a half-century and a run-out.”
SHUBMAN GILL is the fourth winner of the Wisden Trophy
Booth says: “Gill’s total of 430 inspired India to a series-squaring victory in the Second Test against England at Edgbaston, and was the second-highest aggregate in a Test, behind Graham Gooch’s 456 for England against India at Lord’s in 1990. He was only the second Indian to score a double-century and a single century in the same Test, after Sunil Gavaskar against West Indies at Port-of-Spain in April 1971.”
ABHISHEK SHARMA is the Leading T20 Cricketer in the World
“Abhishek Sharma became the first to score over 1,000 T20 runs in a calendar year at faster than two a ball. His haul included 158 fours and 108 sixes, while 859 runs came for India, at a strike-rate of 193.”
Other Wisden awards
- Book of the Year: Chasing Jessop by Simon Wilde
- Cricket Photograph of the Year: Matthew Lewis
- Schools Cricketer of the Year: Will Bennison
- Writing Competition: Anand Mohan Gupta